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Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Washington's DOC Boss Talks That Talk. Can He Walk That Walk? by Amonth or so ago Chase Riveland, the Washington state's chief corrections officer, went to Washington, D.C. for what he thought would be a dialogue, an exchange of ideas about crime and punishment. Instead he got a U.S. Justice …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
ABA Says Use of Prisons Not Effective Way to Fight Crime by ABA Says Use Of Prisons Not Effective Way To Fight Crime The increasing reliance in the U.S. on the use of incarceration as a criminal sanction is a costly and ineffective way to combat crime, according to a …
Article • August 15, 1992 • from PLN August, 1992
Blacks Likely to Spend More Time In Jail by Blacks Likely To Spend More Time In Jail Without sentencing guidelines, employed blacks are almost six times as likely as their white counterparts to face jail for drug crimes, a new Florida State University (FSU) study says. The study by FSU …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
42% of DC Young Black Men Said to Be in Justice System by More then 40 percent of the black men age 18 to 35 in the District of Columbia were "firmly in the grip of the criminal justice system" on an average day last year, according to a study …
Article • July 15, 1992 • from PLN July, 1992
No Room for Police State in America! by America is again being set adrift upon shifting sand, just when our economy is so fragile. And so the Police State enters its battle cry, "Let's get tough on crime!" Then we watch the prime time results. Anarchy momentarily explodes, then the …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Washington's Prisons to Reach 10,000 by Washington's Prisons To Reach 10,000 Washington State's jammed prisons soon will hold a record 10,000 inmates, and the state is stepping up construction of more cells to head off the unrest that often comes with overcrowding. "We've been pretty lucky that we haven't had …
Article • June 15, 1992 • from PLN June, 1992
Crime Rates Continue Upward Climb by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Preliminary figures from the FBI's recently released Uniform Crime Reports show violent crimes reported to police last year increased by 5 percent, continuing a seven-year trend of increases. The rate of violent crime per capita rose to the highest …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
ABA Committee - Shift in Drug Strategy Needed by A national drug strategy that relies on the criminal justice system to solve the drug crisis won't work and diverts attention and resources from other needed approaches such as prevention, education and treatment, according to a report released by the American …
Article • May 15, 1992 • from PLN May, 1992
U.S. Still Leads World's Incarceration Rate by The U.S, has widened its lead as the nation with the highest incarceration rate, according to figures complied by the Sentencing Project, a Washington, D.C. based organization that conducts research on criminal justice issues. A year ago, the Sentencing Project reported that only …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Filed under: Commentary/Reviews, Crime
Some Thoughts on Crime and Punishment Rates by Ed Mead By Ed Mead Elsewhere in this issue of the PLN we reported figures reflecting that the nation's murder rate for 1991 reached it highest level in a decade, topping 24,000 for the first time, a 25 percent increase since 1985. …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Prisoners' Participation in Work, Training Reduces Recidism, Improves Behavior by Federal Bureau of Prisons announces results of study Prison inmates who have jobs or receive vocational training while incarcerated are better prisoners and are less likely to commit new crimes or become parole violators once they are released, according to …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Corrections Costs to Soar, Study Warns by Ed Penhale Corrections Costs To Soar, Study Warns By Ed Penhale, P-I Reporter Annual costs for running Washington's state and local corrections operations will rise by 50 percent over the next four years, adding $182 million a year to that expense by 1996, …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
U.S. Murder Rate Increases Again by The nation's murder rate for 1991 reached its highest level in a decade, topping 24,000 for the first time, figures indicate. Based on a survey of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, the Senate Judiciary Committee estimates there were 24,020 homicides last year, …
Mass Graves Found in Venezuelan Prison by Mass Graves Found In Venezuelan Prison A common grave containing the remains of at least 40 prisoners was recently uncovered in a Venezuelan prison located in the central city of San Juan de Moros. The discovery has raised serious questions about the country's …
Article • April 15, 1992 • from PLN April, 1992
Filed under: Crime/Demographics, Crime
Feds Seek $2.2 Billion for Federal Prisons by Feds Seek $2.2 Billion For Federal Prisons At a news conference held in Washington on January 29th, George J. Terwilliger III, acting deputy attorney general, said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) will seek a Fiscal Year 1993 budget of $11.3 billion, …
Article • March 15, 1992 • from PLN March, 1992
Probation and Parole Figures Up Again by Probation And Parole Figures Up Again It should come as no surprise to PLN readers that all statistics relating to crime and punishment are on the increase. The 1990 probation and parole figures recently released by the Bureau of Justice Statistics contains no …
Article • February 15, 1992 • from PLN February, 1992
Supreme Court Informers by Paul Wright The most recent (#39) issue of Covert Action Information Bulletin contains an interesting article by Alexander Charns titled "FBI Involvement in the Supreme Court." Mr. Charns is a lawyer who has written a book concerning the FBI and the American judiciary. In this article …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
State Prison Systems Emulate Marion Control Unit by Fay Dowker By Faw Dowker and Glen Good Inspired by the Federal Bureau of Prisons' seven year experiment with a super-maximum security "control unit" prison at Marion in southern Illinois, state prison systems across the country have begun operating their own similar …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Incarceration Rate Grows in First Half of 1991 by Incarceration Rate Grows In First Half Of 1991 The nation's state and federal prison population grew by 30,149 inmates, just under four percent, during the first half of1991 to reach a record 804,524 men and women as of June 30, the …
Article • January 15, 1992 • from PLN January, 1992
Prison Population Up, Escapes Down by According to a poll conducted by Corrections Compendium magazine, there were fewer escapes in 1990 than in 1989. In 1989, there were 7,816 escapes reported from 48 states (1.33%). In 1990, those same systems reported 7,244 escapes (1.11%) - a decrease of 572 at …
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